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RHO: Yes. ATTA: Same exhibit. RHO: Same exhibit. My understanding is the Board of Water Supply says they only, or you don’t have enough commitment for water. And you folks are saying that you do based on this LEED registered project. ATTA: Yes. RHO: But in that same paragraph you folks write “As such, the water demands for the project should be at least 30 percent less than that of traditional residential subdivisions. Applicant is also exploring the option of participating in privately owned water systems that will eventually be dedicated to the County.” So it, the way I read it is you’re not really sure that whatever you guys are doing in terms of green is going to cover that water commitment; therefore you’re going to explore this private water system. So I just wanted a clarification on that. ATTA: The private water system is Plan B; and I think that this notion of a LEED water reduction thing, it’s a new thing in Hawaii. And I don’t think there’s a neighborhood development in Kona that’s 100 percent LEED. So we’ve done our calculations, we’ve worked with our landscape architects with the different kinds of design features and measures for reducing the demand and based on our calculations we can meet it. But, you know, and the Board of Water, and we’ve been talking to them, they said, okay, sounds like a good idea but how can we be sure that it will work; and so we provided backup information from the mainland and EPA statistics and they’ve been, basically saying, okay, we’re willing to give it a try but they don’t want to be stuck with a situation where for some reason we might not make it like -. And so there’s, I guess, an agreement with the Department of Water Supply that we will monitor, as we’re developing the project, there will be a master water meter to kind of watch whether we are actually are meeting our 30 percent or more water reduction targets. And after 50 units which is the number of credits we have based on the standard thing there will be an assessment. And if we’ve shown that we actually are meeting those targets then they’re okay with the additional 15 units. So it’s a, kind of like almost like a performance based agreement. You know, if we can show we can do it, then they’ll be okay with 65 units. If, you know, as we’re developing we’re not showing that we can prove it, then we’ll be, you know, we’ll stay within the traditional amount; and that’s what it is. And so from our side we have been talking about getting additional water credits. That’s as a Plan B. Our Plan A is to do this LEED and to make it work. RHO: And then on that last paragraph you write “Development of the property is not expected to have any significant impact on the area, roads” and then it goes on to “sewers, drainage police and fire protection.” But from what I’ve read, in the short time that we’ve had your documents, all the documents, there seems to be a problem with the roads. I mean, it’s, you have, well, from what I’ve read there are conflicting statements as to EXHIBIT B 13